November 07, 2009

SEC Officials Are at It Again

Alabama leads Louisiana State, 21-15, with six minutes remaining when the Tigers' Patrick Peterson intercepts a pass near the sideline. The officials huddle and after a few moments, rule Peterson was out of bounds. The replay official agrees.

Alabama went on to kick a field goal on the drive and won, 24-15.

Seriously, how can you look at this replay and rule anything but an interception?

The only people that see indisputable evidence in that replay are LSU fans and Gary Danielson. And Danielson because he saw dirt come up (although he kept improvising about where the dirt came from when his first theories were disproven), apparently not aware that the sideline is not artificial turf. I'm not an LSU fan nor an SEC fan, but there was insufficient evidence to overturn under the standard required.

Everyone is talking about the feet being down and ignoring the other half of the equation. When did he have "possession and control" of the ball? Rule 2-2-7
Next question is where is the video evidence that clearly shows his foot inbounds? That one doesn't.

I don't see where this is such a tough call, gentlemen. He clearly has both feet inbounds (only one is needed) and is already cradling the ball when his second foot touches inbounds. Possession is never a question. He had the ball all the way.

Week after week, there is over-whelming video evidence that incorrect calls are intentionally being made. After what we all thought about crooked NBA refs was proven correct, anyone who thinks college football isn't fixed is intellectually dishonest.

Even if that was a pick, what makes you think LSU was just going to march down the field and score a touchdown. They did zero in the fourth quarter against the Bama D. AT BEST, LSU got robbed of an interception call but it is seriously stretching it to say they got robbed of the game.